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OpenFEC
Official federal campaign-finance API that exposes candidate, committee, receipts, spending, and cash-on-hand records.
Federal Election Commission · OpenFEC
Source metadata
Publisher
Federal Election Commission
Directory updated
April 24, 2026
What Ballot Clarity uses it for
Federal funding summaries, committee totals, coverage windows, and finance provenance on person pages.
Geographic scope
United States federal campaigns
Review note
Ballot Clarity reviews finance attachment rules when campaign crosswalk logic or FEC coverage windows change.
Key limitations
- Federal campaign-finance coverage does not extend to every state or local officeholder.
- Finance attachment still depends on a reliable person-to-candidate crosswalk.
Attached note
Official FEC campaign-finance service used for federal funding attachment where Ballot Clarity has a reliable person match.